‘JAW-DROPPING’: THOUSANDS LINE UP IN COLD for President Trump Rally in Missoula, Montana – Photos and Video (Update: Cars Abandoned as Attendees Walk for Miles to Rally)

A veteran reporter who has covered many Trump rallies said of the scene, “My jaw dropped at the long, long lines of people and cars.” (Update at end from another reporter on scene: Cars abandoned on side of the road four deep, people walking miles to get to rally.)

Thousands of supporters lined up in the cold in Missoula, Montana, before dawn Thursday morning for a campaign rally by President Donald Trump set to start at 6:30 p.m. MDT. Photos and video taken throughout the day show long lines of bundled up supporters. In the afternoon long lines of cars could be seen backed up trying to get to the off-site parking lots for the rally being held at the Minuteman Aviation hangar at Missoula International Airport. Rally attendees are being bused from the parking lots to the hangar.

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Trump is expected to speak with the mountains and Air Force One lending a cinematic backdrop for the rally in support of Republican candidate Matt Rosendale, who is running against incumbent Democrat Senator Jon Tester. Rosendale was elected the state Auditor in 2016 after previous elections to the state House and Senate.

Phil Drake, Helena bureau reporter for Great Falls Tribune, wrote of his awe at the size of the turnout for Trump, “I am being bused to the rally site. My jaw dropped at the long, long lines of people and cars.”

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I am being bused to the rally site. My jaw dropped at the long, long lines of people and cars.

Earlier, Drake had reported on the long lines just to use the bathrooms (porta-potties) an the off-site parking, “Lines for bathroom are so long at Trump rally that one man shouts out that you need to make your mind up an hour before that you have to go.”

Lines for bathroom are so long at Trump rally that one man shouts out that you need to make your mind up an hour before that you have to go.

I’ve abandoned all hope of reaching the media parking area, after moving half a mile in nearly 90 minutes. Many others now with the same idea … leaving cars along side of the road parked four deep in spots. #TrumpMT#mtpol#mtsenpic.twitter.com/2UQ8pq26cC

Kristinn Taylor has contributed to The Gateway Pundit for over ten years. Mr. Taylor previously wrote for Breitbart, worked for Judicial Watch and was co-leader of the D.C. Chapter of FreeRepublic.com. Mr. Taylor studied journalism in high school, visited the Newseum and once met David Brinkley. Mr. Taylor is on Twitter